Nude modeling (photos)

When I got to the college art department, I checked in, was given a robe, signed the payroll sheet, and was shown to the dressing room. I was more nervous than I expected to be, but was treated well, and I followed the secretary to the locker room. “My name is Claire Watson, and I am from the Portland Register,” I said. “I am doing a story on nude modeling.

As a result, very few men or women who work as an artistic nude model are also signed by . Almost all artistic nude work is booked on a freelance basis and not through modeling agencies.

That being said… LOTS of models still do it. If you want to be an artistic nude model AND an agency model, you must be very careful and respect the conservative approach that your modeling agency will take on the matter.

When you are posing as a fine art nude model always work under a stage name so that if an image is posted online and your name is associated with it – it is not going to show up under your real name when a modeling agency, client or future employer Googles you.

Bottom line – If you intend to work professionally through modeling agencies – it is a risk to be a fine art nude model, but if you are smart about it and are careful to create only beautiful imagery and not sexually explicit images and if you work under a stage name, you will probably be able to get away with it.